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Arizona State University

Celebrate Recovery

Civic Engagement, Identity and Group Mobilization

Lene Goodman

National Service and American Democracy, 112

Arizona State University Earned Admissions Program

11 May 2020
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Lene Goodman

National Service and American Democracy, 112

Arizona State University Earned Admissions Program

11 May 2020

Celebrate Recovery

Civic Engagement, Identity and Group Mobilization

Introduction:

Celebrate Recovery is a recovery program that has a religious base and follows the script

of the Bible. They have eight principles and twelve steps included to help their attendees. The

recovery program is aimed towards; drug and alcohol addiction, high anxiety, eating disorders,

compulsive behaviors, bad depression, sex addiction, etc. Along with providing the program for

the addicted, they have incorporated a program for the children. The child program is for

children of the attendees as well as the workers. Celebration Place is the official name, it

provides help, support and a type of child watch for the children while their parent or legal

guardian is either attending the program or helping work it. Celebrate Recovery is a program that

I have volunteered with in the past and believe have an effective and appropriate mission.

Civic Engagement:

Celebrate Recovery is a non-mandated program that holds public meetings. People join

out of their own free will to make their own change. This program is generally based out of a

church or through church goers who want to make a change in the community. A person or

group who would like to start a program in their area would have to visit the Celebrate Recovery
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official website, as well as see their rules and requirements. The word is usually spread via social

media, by word of mouth, flyers or pamphlets and “business” cards. It is a program that is open

to all, it may be fully based on the word of the Lord, however the community is made aware of

that and can choose to participate whether they are personally religious or not. All of the

information pertaining to the attendees is kept confidential and is only shared with appropriate

personnel.

Identity:

There are two key identities that are seen within this program; religion and addiction.

This is due to the entire program being faith based, including the eight principles and twelve

steps. Age, race, ethnicity and sexual identity are not things that hold specific identities within

the program. It helps people anywhere from teens to older adults, the goal is to give the attendee

the help they are seeking and willing to receive. Celebrate Recovery can also be started wherever

you are located, so it is not geologically specific. Another thing to add would be that with it

being religious based, it does not deduce itself to a specific branch or denomination of religion.

Inserted below will help show the religious identity by using the eight principles as well as the

12 steps of Celebrate Recovery. These are separated images pulled from the web to better

understand and show what is used in the recovery program.

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(mcachurch)

Group Mobilization:

This organization shows a public initiative to bring about social and personal change for

the greater good. It helps the addicted and their family, provides sober sponsors and guides along

with the recovery process. They use their members and workers to spread awareness, help and

hope as a means of outreach to those who may not know of the program. While doing my

research into this organization, I also discovered a Celebrate Recovery locator for the groups that

are already up and running. This is a useful tool if you are looking for either help or to volunteer,

I will provide a link for this website: ​https://locator.crgroups.info/​ .

Conclusion:

This group gathers around a shared identity of either giving or receiving help and

bettering their community. Addictions come easily and are hard to shake, it also affects more

than just the addicted person. Some others it affects are family, close friends and even the people

you work with. This organization helps people all around the United States with bettering people

and their communities, while also helping their children and families. I believe it has a purpose

that many could support and agree with.

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References:

Image Citations:

mcachurch. “Celebrate Recovery. 8 Principles of Recovery.” mcaonline,

https://www.mcaonline.org/celebrate-recovery​.

mcachurch. “12 Steps of Celebrate Recovery” mcaonline,

https://www.mcaonline.org/celebrate-recovery​.

Other Citations:

“Celebrate Recovery Locator Map.” ​Celebrate Recovery Lcater​, ​https://locator.crgroups.info/

Celebrate Recovery. “Celebrate Recovery Home Page.” Celebrate Recovery Homepage,

Celebrate Recovery, 5 Apr. 2018, ​www.celebraterecovery.com/​.